turkey and teeth

i'm not sure why i do this to myself, but once again i'm playing "catch-up" on the blog. you'd think i'd learn.

anyway, i've got some photos to share from thanksgiving... it was at grandma and grandpa pheifer's, and as it always is when it's a their house, it was SOOOOO good!

just ask madi- she ate so much i thought she'd bust.

chase, sarah, becca, riley and kelvin playing pit before dinner

grandpa pheifer and two of his great-grandbabies... i love this photo, it's so sweet!

"hey, uncle ted!"

madison tried 'driving' the little car at my mom and dad's by herself... she did well, and even gracefully dismounted when she dropped her keys.

cole enjoyed some of great-grandma pheifer's homemade gingerbread cookies. he really fell for them... but anyone who's ever had them knows how easy it is to love them.

last sunday, miss squish decided she was too big to take a nap, so she played with the toy kitchen. she had it all to herself since cole was cooperative and slept for awhile. she was in her glory, since she was free to play uninterrupted.

we DID attempt a nap. it was cozy for awhile, cuddling with daddy :)

i'm (inconsistently- oops) trying to potty-train cole. if he happens to show interest or make a "potty"-related comment, we attempt it. monday he perched proudly on the porcelain throne without the child seat... he even asked for the comics! no joke. he wouldn't hold them for me to get a photo though. smart kid... he's learned very early to avoid cooperating in any photo moments that have the potential for being viewed by future girlfriends.

madison's so reluctant to show off her new teeth... i had to fight, but i managed to get photographic evidence. please excuse the mashed potatoes- i thought it would be best to try when there was food as a bribe. it worked, although she was pretty wary of the first few bites i gave her after putting the camera away!

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oh, the things kids do that make you giggle. cole's vocab has been growing. rather, exploding. within the last few weeks, it's really taken off. the things he comes up with are priceless... for example, this morning he got ahold of my almost-empty water bottle left over from the c-r-a-z-y night at work last night. he said "mama's cup?"; he must not have heard me say "yes, baby, that's mama's", because he ran over to me and said (rather loudly), "hey, hunny!! cup!!". oh, i laughed, alright. i love that he's learning new things, but sometimes i wish he'd go back to staying little for just a little while longer...